Bottle truck and drainer



Patented Dec. 27, I898.

F. W. SCHUSTER.

BOTTLE TRUCK AND DRAINER.

[Applicution filed Sept. 1'7, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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FREDERICK TV. SOHUSTER, OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA.

BOTTLE TRUCK AND DRAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,737, dated December27, 1898.

Application filed September 17, 1898. Serial No. 691,221. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. Scnus- TER, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Rochester,in the county of Olmsted andState of Minnesota, have in vented certain new and useful Improvementsin Bottle Trucks and Drainers, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bottle trucks and drainers,the object being to provide a portable device which can be easily movedfrom place to place and can be revolved to facilitate getting at thebottles.

A further object is to provide a revolving tray or table of circularform, so that the greatest number of bottles possible for a given areamay be inserted therein.

Still a further object is to provide means for catching the drip andconducting it to a convenient point where it may be drawn off asdesired.

\Vith these objects in view my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of constructions and combinations of parts, which will behereinafter described, and fully pointed out in the claims.-

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section, and Fig. 2is a plan view.

A represents the truck-frame, mounted, preferably, on double casters1 1. On top of the truck is a circular track 2, and mounted upon thistrack is the circular tray or table B, it being centrally pivoted in thecross-bar at of the truck by means of a pin 5 and traveling on doublecasters 6, interposed between the tray or table and the circular track,upon which said casters travel. The tray or table is provided with aseries of downwardly-tapering holes 7 7, which are preferably made toconform to the necks of various-shaped bottles, such as are used forbeer, tonic, pop,

mineral water, wine, and ale. The bottles are inserted in these holesneck downward, and the holes are so arranged relatively that, ifdesired, the bottles may be stacked or nested, as indicated in Fig. 1.The table or tray is removable by merely lifting it vertically until thecentral pin leaves its socket. These trays may be provided for differentvarieties of bottles, and one tray in that event may at any time besubstituted, with its bottles, for another.

The tray or table being draining-pan 8, with a sloping bottom, is

placed, and from the outlet 9 in the bottom of this pan a discharge-pipe10 leads toa convenient point at one side for withdrawing the contents,a cock 11 being provided for controlling this outlet, and a strainer 12over the outlet prevents glass from going through.

My improved bottle truck and drainer has a number of aclvantages,amongwhich are the following: By means of the removable table or tray itfacilitates the cleaning of the drippan and the truck, as well as otherparts, and, furthermore, admits of substituting trays or tables fordifferent shapes of bottles. Another advantage resides in theconvenience for moving a large number of bottles from one part of abuilding to another, which is a great advantage over the old style oftrucks and drainers. Still another advantage resides in the fact thatthe operator may revolve and get at the bottles with greater case thanheretofore, and also in the arrangement for concentrating the drippingand dischar ing them at a given point, thus adding to the neatness andcleanliness of the room in which the apparatus is used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a truck, of a rotatable table mounted thereonadapted to receive the articles to be drained and a draining-panextending transversely beneath the entire table or tray for catching thedrippings.

2. The combination with a truck having a draining-pan with an outlet inits bottom, of a rotatable table or tray mounted over the pan andconstructed to receive the articles to be drained.

3. The combination with a truck carrying a draining-pan, of a tray ortable revolubly supported on the truck, said tray or table constructedand adapted to receive the necks of bottles therein.

4. The combination with a truck mounted on casters and carrying adraining-pan and a pipe leading therefrom, of a tray or table revolublysupported upon the truck and removable therefrom, said tray or tableconstructed and adapted to receive the necks of bottles therein.

5. The combination with a truck mounted on casters and carrying adraining-pan, an

outlet-pipe leading therefrom and a strainer over the outlet-opening, ofa tray or table having casters mounted on a circular track on top of thetruck, said tray or table constructed to receive the necks ofdraining-bottles and removable from the truck.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my hand in the presence of twoWitnesses.

FREDERICK IV. SCHUSTER. In presence of HENRY SOHUSTER, W. LOGANBRACKENRIDGE.

